Church times

Sunday Morning Service

More Info

As I made my way to Tim Horton’s to get a coffee this morning, I heard the most unusual announcement on the radio.The local elementary school in Whitehorse was in lock-down because a couple of grizzly bears were hanging out in the playground.So I tried to make my way over there to check it out, but the RCMP wouldn’t let me down the road.

Instead I made my way about 30kms out of town to a Wildlife Preserve.The guy who ran it looked like he came straight out the bush.I figured he was born and bred in the Yukon.Nope, he grew up in Richmond Hill.

The Reserve was beautiful.It was a 5km trek around a huge compound with wildlife behind electric fences.But it wasn’t a zoo.These animals had forests, lakes, and fields in which to live. That also made them hard to find.But I did see mountain goats, moose, lynx, long horn sheep, muskox, bison, and the cutest little arctic foxes I have ever seen.But no bears!!

I then stopped at the local grocery store in Whitehorse to get something to eat for lunch, when I recognized someone. I had to do a double take, but it was Marjorie Beardsall’s daughter Jane-Anne (she was a member at Northwest Barrie United Church).She was in Whitehorse to visit her daughter who is a pilot and is based in the Yukon.It just goes to show, it is indeed a small, small world.

In the afternoon I ventured to Miles Canyon, a beautiful area of cliffs, rapids and limitless wilderness.There were trails that wound themselves along the canyon, so I took one that was about 3kms long.About a kilometre in I realized that I was the only human being anywhere around.Then I started thinking about the grizzly bears at the school.AND then I heard something walking in the trees.AND then I turned around and walked (ran) back to the car.AND then I took several deep breaths to get my heart beating again.

The only other thing I did today was go to CrossFit.If you are a member at a CrossFit gym you are allowed to go to any other affiliate around the world. So I went for a class at CorssFit Whitehorse.It was very difficult and very tiring, but then again, I had wasted a lot of energy running away from “bears”.

All in all, a very good day.

The pictures are of Miles Canyon and the guy who ran the Wildlife Preserve (just kidding, it’s a Mountain Goat)